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Wimbledon Park, Cottenham Park, Dundonald, and Haydons
Road. This disease, although not serious, is very infectious
and is responsible for quite a lot of loss of attendance.
In spite of the fact that 1933 was an inter-epidemic year
as regards measles, sixty-seven cases were reported as occurring
in children attending the elementary schools.
Whooping cough was also fairly common, fifty-eight cases
coming to the notice of the Public Health Department.
One schoolchild was notified as suffering from smallpox
and was removed to the County Smallpox Hospital at Clandon.
He was unvaccinated and suffering from a mild, modified form
of the disease. The only other child in the house, who was
under school age, had previously been removed to Clandon.
No further cases occurred. The first case was probably
infected from a neighbouring area where several cases of
smallpox had been notified at the time.
Frequent visits were paid to the schools after children had
been removed to the Isolation Hospital suffering from diphtheria
or scarlet fever. It is quite common for children to attend school
whilst sickening for these diseases. In all such cases, the class
contacts were carefully examined and in a number of instances
swabs were taken for bacteriological examination. Several
carriers were detected in this manner and promptly excluded.

9. OPEN AIR EDUCATION.
There are no Day Open-Air Schools nor Residential OpenAir
Schools in Wimbledon. Where circumstances permit, in the
summer months some of the classes in the schools are conducted
in the open air.
Another holiday camp was arranged during the year by the
Wimbledon Rotary Club. Twenty-eight boys from various
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